Hair rolling apparatus



Dec. 6, 1966 v. KUBIAK 3,289,680

HAIR ROLLING APPARATUS Filed NOV. 13, 1965 INV ENTOR.

View!" Kub'luk 3,289,680 Patented Dec. 6, 1966 3,289,680 HAIR ROLLINGAPPARATUS Victor Kubiak, County Line Road and Glendale Ave., HuntingdonValley, Pa. Filed Nov. 13, 1963, Ser. No. 323,498 2 Claims. (Cl. 132-40)This invention relates to the rolling of hair and has for an object ahair roller about which the hair is rolled having a hair retainercooperating therewith.

In rolling hair it has been conventional for hairdressers or beauticiansto coil a desired amount of hair about a roller such as a thin walledcylinder open at both ends. The rolling may be accomplished by thehairdressers using both hands and placing her thumbs inside the rollerand wrapping the strands of hair about the roller with the fingers ofboth hands. At the completion of the rolling operation the hairdressermust then use one hand to maintain the hair and the roller in placewhile using the other hand to obtain a hair retaining device or holdersuch as a pin or a clip. When the holder is obtained it must be opened,aligned with the side of the roller and placed in a particular positionon the roller to secure the hair.

Over the course of many rolling operations a great deal of wasted motionand time is involved in reaching for each holder and also in bringingthe holder to position and then engaging it with the roller at a desiredposition. Such reaching time may be shortened with the assistance of theclient whose hair is being rolled but that may not be desirable. Forexample such assistance may only result in confusion and wasted motionif the client is not in exact synchronism with the hairdresser. However,whatever method is used there results a considerable loss and damage toholders. The foregoing problems are multiplied when different types ofholders are used so that a particular holder is chosen from itscontainer and when the holders are removed from the hair they must bereplaced in their respective containers.

As a result of the above difiiculties and problems it is understood thatthe hairdresser is following an inefiicient series of steps in therolling operation. Such is particularly the case since she has noguidelines to follow and once set in this inefficient habit willcontinue in this way.

These difficulties are also experienced to an even greater degree by thewoman who rolls her own hair. After rolling her hair she must hold thehair and roller in place with one hand and with the other hand reach fora holder. As this operation is not usually within her direct view itthen becomes quite diificult for her to align the open holder with theedge of the roller so that the holder is placed in proper position.

It has been proposed to connect a holder to a roller by means of aresilient and extensible cord for the purpose of preventing the holderfrom being lost. While this serves such purpose it leaves much to bedesired since the resilient cord becomes entangled with the hair as thehair is rolled. In addition the holder is easily removed from engagementwith the roller as a result of the resiliency of the connecting cord andthus the above mentioned time and motion in positioning and aligningeach holder is still required. Further the resilient cord is retained atone end of the roller by an inwardly extending arm and upon tension ofthe cord restrains the rotation of the cord, twisting the cord as theholder is turned about the circumference of the roller. Additionally thearm prevents the use of fingers within the roller.

Accordingly an object of the present invention is a hair roller andretained holder requiring the hairdresser to follow a predeterminedseries of steps which has the important advantages of saving time andeffort.

A further object of the present invention is a hair roller having acooperating holder which is retained on the roller by a non-resilientconnective means to allow the holder to be pulled longitudinally of theroller by only a predetermined amount of travel which provides anefiicient means to roll hair.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided acylindrically shaped roller having two open ends and a holder ingripping engagement with the roller. One of the legs of the holder isdisposed within the roller and the other leg is disposed on the exteriorsurface of the roller and the two legs are spring biased one leg withthe other. A nonresilient flexible member is disposed within the rollerand secured to one end thereof. An opening is provided at one end of theinteriorly disposed holder leg for slidably receiving the flexiblemember. In addition a stop is provided on the member to prevent theholder from being pulled longitudinally of the roller beyond apredetermined point. Accordingly, at the start of a rolling operationthe holder is disposed fully engaging the roller and the hair is thenrolled. After rolling the hair about the roller the holder may be slidor moved about the circumference of the roller to a desired positionwithout twisting the member. The holder may then be pulledlongitudinally of the roller until the stop is engaged and the holder isin its fully extended position where it engages an edge of the roller.In being pulled to its fully extended position the exteriorly disposedleg of the holder slips within the rolled hair without disturbing therolled hair and in that position the exterior leg is no longer coveredby most of the rolled hair. With the same hand movement the holder maybe quickly pushed back onto the roller with the exterior leg securingthe rolled hair to the roller.

It will now be understood that the hairdresser may take advantage of anefficient means of rolling hair. The holder is retained on the rollerand the hairdresser is then effectively forced to follow the efficientsteps described above of rolling, pulling the holder against the stopand then quickly pushing the holder back onto the roller. As a resultshe saves considerable time and effort in the rolling operation.

For further objects and advantages of the invention and for adescription of its operation, reference is to be had to the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsin which:

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a roller and holder embodyingthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear crosssectional view of the holder of FIG. 1 taken alongthe lines 2-2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the roller and holder ofFIG. 1 with the holder in its fully extended position;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the roller and holder of FIG. 1 withhair rolled about the roller and the holder pulled to its fully extendedposition;

FIG. 5 is an end view of the roller and holder of FIG. 4 with the holderpushed back onto the roller; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a roller and holderembodying a modification of the present invention.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-3, a roller 10 has been illustrated ascomprising a hollow thin walled cylinder open at both ends. The roller10 has a small degree of flexibility and may preferably be constructedof plastic or nylon.

A holder or clip 12 is in gripping engagement with the wall of theroller 10 and may be constructed of a single length of flat spring metalshaped generally as a bobby pin. The holder 12 has an interiorlydisposed leg 12a engaging the inner wall of the roller and a. leg

12b disposed on the exterior of the roller engaging the outer wall. Thelegs 12a and 1217 are spring biased one leg with the other by means of acentral portion 120 of the length of the spring metal. As illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 3, the central portion 120 is bent from each of the legs 12aand 12b at angles much greater than 90 degrees and extends toward theaxis of the roller to form a bobby pin shaped finger grip. As shown inFIG. 1 in its solid line position the holder 12 is in its fully engagedposition in which the legs 12a and 12b are spring biased to clamp theroller along the entire length of the legs.

A non-resilient flexible member 14 is disposed within the roller and oneend of that member is secured to the inner Wall adjacent the right handend of the roller. The member 14 may be constructed preferably ofsubstantially non-stretchable nylon of sufficient diameter to have aspring like action at its ends. The member 14 may be secured to the Wallof the roller by any well known means such as threading the end of themember from the interior of the roller opening 10a in the wall and thenthreading the member from the exterior of the roller back into theinterior through an opening 10b. The openings 10a and 1012 are formed tosnugly receive the member 14 and in this manner the member is secured inplace. Such fixed connection between the roller and member is providedby the spring like action of the end of the member received in theopenings 10a and 10b and by the friction produced between such openingsand the member.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that member 14 may besecured to the wall of the roller 10 by welding or the like. However, inaccordance with the invention, whatever method is used to secure themember does not prevent the hairdresser from placing his fingers withinthe interior of the roller when rolling the hair in the preferredmanner.

The interiorly disposed leg 12a has its free end bent away from theother leg 12b and has an opening 12d therein for slidably receiving themember 14. Accordingly the holder 12 may be slid or moved about thecircumference of the roller 10 and the bent portion of the leg 12a willrevolve about the member. In this manner and in accordance with theinvention the holder may be so moved about the circumference withouttwisting the member which would have the effect of producing torsionalstrain in the member causing it to break.

The remaining end of the member 14 remote from the end secured to theroller is formed into a stop for leg 12a to prevent the holder 12 frombeing manually pulled longitudinally of the roller beyond apredetermined point. Such a stop may be formed by tying that end of thememher into a knot 14a having a diameter greater than that of theopening 12d in the arm 12a. The knot 1400 or stop is positioned so thatthe holder 12 may be manually pulled no further than its dotted lineposition in which position the legs 12a and 12b still engage or clamp anend portion of the wall of roller 10. In this fully extended positionthe holder is stable in that it may not be readily removed fromengagement with the roller and the exteriorly disposed leg 1212 will nolonger be covered by most of the rolled hair.

With the above understanding of the structure of the invention,reference is to be had to the rolling operation, one view of which isshown in FIG. 4. The hair is rolled by winding an initial amount of hairabout the roller and then the hairdresser places her thumbs within theroller. With the use of both forefingers and both middle fingers theroller is turned about its axis to roll the hair to a limiting position.The hair and roller are then held fast with the fingers of one hand andwith the thumb and the forefinger of the other hand the central portion120 of the holder is pulled longitudinally of the roller until the stop14a is engaged and the holder can no longer be pulled any further. Itwill be seen that as the holder is pulled to its fully extended positionthe exterior leg 12b slips within the hair without disturbing it. Atthis time or at some time prior to the holders being pulled to its fullyextended position, the holder may be moved circumferentially of theroller to a desired position, as illustrated in FIG. 4, without twistingthe member 14.

With the holder grasped in its illustrated position it may be pivotedslightly using the stop 14a as a pivot point in a direction toward theaxis of the roller 10 so that the legs 12a and 12b form an acute anglewith that axis. This may be accomplished by pulling the central portion120 away from the roller and towards the axis to provide a tension onthe member. The amount of pivot, if any, will depend upon the particularhair requirements. In any event the exterior leg 12b will clear a largeportion of the rolled hair as illustrated so that the holder may bepushed back onto the roller to its fully engaging position with itsexterior leg securing the hair to the roller as illustrated in FIG. 5.While the holder does not secure all of the hair extending from theroots, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a sufficient amount of hair is securedto I maintain the roller in place.

The foregoing operation is adaptable to rapid and eificient fingermovement for the reason that the holder may be pulled forcefully to itsfully extended position without fear of its disengaging the roller andwith that same movement the exterior leg 12b clears much of the hair andis in an aligned position to be then readily pushed back onto theroller.

It will now be understood that the hairdresser when using the presentinvention is effectively forced to take advantage of the efiicientoperation above described. In this manner, over the course of many hairrolling operations, a considerable time saving is achieved. The Womanrolling her own hair also achieves these advantages and, of greatestimportance, the holder is automatically aligned in its fully extendedposition even though the woman may not view the rolling operationdirectly.

Now that the principles of the invention have been explained it will beunderstood that many modifications may be made. For example, in theembodiment of the invention shown in FIGURE 6 a roller is constructed ofan aluminum alloy having spaced openings around its periphery. Anon-resilient member 24 is formed of threads of steel wire having acovering of plastic over the entire length of the member. The member 24may be secured to the roller by having its ends fastened together bymeans of a crimping device 25. An additional crimping device 26 issecured to the other end of the member 24 to provide a stop for theholder.

What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus for rolling hair comprising,

a hollow cylindrically shaped roller having two open ends,

a holder in gripping engagement with said roller having two legs springbiased one leg with the other, a first of said legs being disposedinteriorly of said roller and the second of said legs being disposed onthe exterior surface of said roller,

a non-resilient flexible member disposed within said roller having oneend thereof secured to said roller adjacent one end thereof,

said first leg having a free end bent away from said second leg andhaving an opening therein slidably receiving said flexible member toallow said holder to be slid longitudinally about said roller withouttwisting said member, and

said member including stop means to allow said holder to be manuallypulled longitudinally of the roller by only a predetermined amount oftravel thereby to tension said member and whereby said tension isreleased as said holder is pushed back onto the roller with said secondleg securing said rolled hair in place.

2. Hair rolling apparatus comprising,

a hollow cylindrically shaped roller to provide an eX- terior surfaceabout which the hair is rolled,

a holder in gripping engagement with said roller having a first legdisposed within said roller and having a second leg disposed on theexterior surface of said roller, means for spring biasing one leg Withthe other,

a non-stretchable flexible member disposed within said roller having oneend secured thereto,

said first leg having an opening slidably receiving said member to allowsaid holder to be moved circumferentially about said roller withouttwisting said member, and

said member including stop means to allow said holder to be manuallypulled longitudinally of said roller until said stop means is engagedand said member tensioned to prevent said holder from being pulledfurther in a longitudinal direction whereby said tension aids inspeedily pushing said holder manually back into full gripping engagementwith said roller to secure said hair in place.

15 RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

L. W. TRAPP, Assistant Examiner.

1. APPARATUS FOR ROLLING HAIR COMPRISING, A HOLLOW CYLINDRICALLY SHAPEDROLLER HAVING TWO OPEN ENDS, A HOLDER IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAIDROLLER HAVING TWO LEGS SPRING BIASED ONE LEG WITH THE OTHER, A FIRST OFSAID LEGS BEING DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID ROLLER AND THE SECOND OFSAID LEGS BEING DISPOSED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID ROLLER, ANON-RESILIENT FLEXIBLE MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID ROLLER HAVING ONE ENDTHEREOF SECURED TO SAID ROLLER ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, SAID FIRST LEGHAVING A FREE END BENT AWAY FROM SAID SECOND LEG AND HAVING AN OPENINGTHEREIN SLIDABLY RECEIVING SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER TO ALLOW SAID HOLDER TOBE SLID LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT SAID ROLLER WITHOUT TWISTING SAID MEMBER,AND SAID MEMBER INCLUDING STOP MEANS TO ALLOW SAID HOLDER TO BE MANUALLYPULLED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE ROLLER BY ONLY A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OFTRAVEL THEREBY TO TENSION SAID MEMBER AND WHEREBY SAID TENSION ISRELEASED AS SAID HOLDER IS PUSHED BACK ONTO THE ROLLER WITH SAID SECONDLEG SECURING SAID ROLLED HAIR IN PLACE.